For anyone in the US wanting something like this with a few more tricks, take a look at Opal Brunner. Totally thornless, very healthy in my experience, quite fragrant, ever flowering, very shade tolerant and vigorous to beat the band. What’s not to like? I’d “discovered” it in the old Huntington Study Plot and propagated then distributed it to anyone who would listen. Grown free standing in full sun and wind in the old garden, it remained about three to four feet high, arching and spreading five or so feet in width and length. The foliage and flower colors are quite attractive. Burlington has it ready for shipment. I replaced my missing one in January from her. Kim
What would look real cute, a cross Graham Thomas X Trier, have a multiflora hybrid with little cupped flowers, Pinkie could also be intereting. Have this big hip ripening now on Sympathie which is crossed with Cottage Pink ? (Apple Blossom).